I fall under the dumb category myselfMost states that have limits have them in order wether you take them or not so check on that....
I.e. if you fail your first try and skip the next exam offering then you only have 4 tries left (in GA)
Normal people need 100 hours if studying to pass the exam... Dumb people with 3 kids and a wife going to school while I was taking the PE exam needed 200 hours....
You can swing it...
This, my friend, is sound and relevant advice.Boys-- I would take the job, irrespective if you have/have not passed the PE exam. As was stated earlier, if the PE exam is important, you will find the time, irrespective of a new job, baby, house, location or spouse!
If the job is better than you have, take it. If you are offered the job, take it. Sure, there is going to be a learning curve, however, you can do the new job as well as study for the PE exam. The next test is in October, then April. Perhaps the right answer is to plan on taking it in April, if you have to retake it. That gives you 11 months to prepare.
There is no reason to continue to take the exam and fail-- take it once and be done with it. That is my mantra-- review the NCEES elements of examination on the NCEES web site, be confident and comfortable with each element, know how to work all of the problems associated with each element and then nail the exam. Remember, the exam is trying to ascertain the "minimally competent" engineer-- this is the C- student. The questions are designed to be 6 minute questions-- some are longer, some are shorter, some you can answer by inspection, given that you know and understand the subject matter. Knowing and understanding the subject matter is a hell of lot more important than trying to get 55 questions right through the hope and pray method. Get all 80 right and then there is no "hope and pray"--- you have done it and done it successfully.
You can do this-- this is not as complicated as you may envision it, however, you do need to know the elements of examination. No, you don't need 400 books or reference manuals either. Get 4-5 good reference manuals for your discipline, know and understand them well and go for it.
Good Luck.
Hungryguy,
I'm not sure most of the people responding to this post truly understand what you're saying. I get it.....basically if you don't pass the exam and take the job offer, then you'll have a probation period on the job in which you'll want to dedicate all of your free time learning your job so that you don't get fired. On the other hand, you have a limited number of times you can take the exam so you can't just halfway study and hope for the best.
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